"Depresion" 127.0.0.1 wrote in message
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"Mike G" wrote in message
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Had the first one for ages the other day - which scrapped the
tyre as it
was just above the shoulder on the side wall. No idea what
caused it as it
was on the inside of the tyre. It went down very rapidly. The
tyres were
all near new too. I'd bought them mail order and got five -
but not used
the 5th one as the spare is perfect.
So took the wheel and the new tyre to my local place for
fitting/
balancing and they charged me 20 quid plus VAT. Is this the
normal price
these days?

The same as I paid a couple of months ago to have a tyre
reseated to cure a slow puncture, but they did have to remove
and refit the wheel.

HFM? I had a leek round one of my valves (funky pressure
monitoring ones), took the wheel off stripped off the tyre,
removed the valve and had a good look (not one they had seen
before) put the lot back together and charged £6.

Must say it seemed a bit steep to me, but the place is
convenient, being only about a quarter of a mile away from my
workplace. The next nearest place is about 3 miles away.
I certainly wouldn't buy tyres from them. I can save £40-50 a
tyre by going to Micheldever.
Mike.